The rules for using Ranked — accounts, listings, and what the site does and does not promise.
The rules for using Ranked — accounts, listings, and what the site does and does not promise.
Last updated: October 16, 2026
ranked.jp (“the site”, “we”, “our”) is operated by Ranked合同会社 (Ranked G.K.), a company based in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan. By using the site or creating an account, you agree to these Terms & Conditions and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.
Ranked is a job board and professional network for software engineers and related professionals in Japan. Job and company listings are collected automatically from public sources and summarized with AI, or authored by verified company administrators (Section 9). Rankings, tags, salary bands, visa-sponsorship and language estimates are our own automated assessments and are provided for orientation only — they may be incomplete or inaccurate. Always refer to the employer’s original posting and confirm details directly with the employer before relying on them. Ranked also offers an AI chat assistant and an optional AI job assistant, covered by Section 3. We are not a recruitment agency and are not a party to any application, interview, or employment relationship. Candidates choose where to apply; employers make hiring decisions. Ranked transmits candidate-requested applications and provides information and management tools. Ranked does not undertake to independently source candidates, arrange private introductions or negotiate employment terms. A future licensed placement service would require separate enrollment and applicable terms.
Ranked offers an AI assistant that answers questions about working and hiring in Japan and shows listings from our own catalogue. It is free and open to everyone, with or without an account. Using it means accepting the following.
You must be 18 or older to create or use an account, including by replying YES to the AI job assistant. Accounts are created and accessed with single-use email links — there is no password. An account is also created when you reply YES to the AI job assistant’s invitation from your own email address. You are responsible for the security of the email address you register with, and for the information you add to your profile. You must be legally able to work or seek work to list your profile publicly. One account per person; accounts may not be sold or transferred.
Your profile is private by default. The Settings choices for employer discovery and general matching improvement are optional permissions you give, each on its own. Neither is enabled by account creation, these Terms or an earlier permission. The scope and safeguards are described in Section 4 of the Privacy Policy. Before discovery begins, you must approve the profile shown. Identity and resume sharing require your separate approval for a named recipient or your instruction to submit an application. Earlier private introductions are retired.
You may also choose to make your profile public — in the Talent directory, on its own page that search engines may index, and through Ranked's API, including to AI assistants — as described in Section 4 of the Privacy Policy. It is off unless you turn it on in Settings or Profile, and you can turn it off there at any time. Consent to AI job assistant emails does not grant public-profile permission. You are responsible for what a public profile contains; do not include information about other people or anything you do not want to be public. You retain ownership of your content and grant Ranked a non-exclusive license to store and process it to operate requested services, and to display it only within your authorized scope. Keep your information accurate; impersonation and misrepresentation are prohibited.
Every account is issued a private relay address on our messages subdomain. Public profiles can be messaged through it, as can profiles that accepted opportunity messages earlier. Mail sent to a relay address is automatically screened for detected spam or viruses and any blocked words the recipient has set. We may silently drop messages that fail those checks, and we do not guarantee delivery of any relayed message. Relayed messages are private communications: Ranked does not match them against profiles or interests and does not read them. Using relay addresses to send unsolicited bulk mail, harassment, or deceptive content is prohibited and may result in termination and blocking.
You agree not to misuse the site — including attempting to break or overload it, scraping personal data of other users for purposes unrelated to hiring or networking, submitting unlawful or infringing content, or interfering with other users. The chat assistant carries its own rules in Section 3. Automated access to our public listing data for legitimate job-search, research, or agent use is welcome within reasonable request rates.
Job cards link to external sites (employers’ career pages and applicant tracking systems). We are not responsible for their content, availability, or how they handle your data.
Verified company administrators may author job postings that are hosted on the site (their company page and the linked job pages), rather than scraped from an external source. If you author or publish such a posting, you represent that you are authorized to act for that company, that the posting describes a genuine opening, and that its content is accurate, lawful, non-discriminatory, and does not infringe any third party’s rights. You grant us a non-exclusive license to host, display, adapt for layout, and distribute the posting (including in search engines and to automated agents) while it is live. You are responsible for keeping it accurate and for removing it when the role is filled or withdrawn. We are not the employer and are not a party to any resulting application or hire; we may edit, unpublish, or remove any posting — and suspend the associated account — that we believe violates these terms or the law.
Company administrators are responsible for authorized staff access and correct application destinations, including any external recipient or system they configure. Candidate data may be used only for the disclosed hiring purpose, not resold, used for unrelated marketing or passed onward without authorization. Do not attempt to identify candidates whose identifying details are hidden. Apply the same restrictions to staff, ATS integrations, APIs and AI agents, and remove access when it is no longer authorized. Employers may provide accurate application status updates for Ranked to store and operate application management; future interview, offer and hire reporting will be described before launch. Company permission never overrides a candidate's sharing choices.
The content license also covers employer-provided company information and its structuring, translation and AI summarization for display through Ranked. Employers must review material corrections before publishing. These terms do not authorize Ranked to independently select or approach candidates on an employer's behalf.
The site is provided “as is”, without warranties of any kind, including accuracy of listings, rankings, estimates, or anything the chat assistant generates, or fitness for a particular purpose. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect or consequential damages, lost opportunities, or decisions made in reliance on information from the site. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.
You can stop using the site and remove your profile at any time while signed in, or request deletion by contacting us. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms or abuse the service.
We may update these terms from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date; continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated terms. This does not grant new optional data permissions.
These terms are governed by the laws of Japan. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court.
Questions about these terms: admin@ranked.jp.